Mustapha (Tafa) Balogun, a former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Balogun who became IGP under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2002, died on Thursday, according to family sources. Though, details of his death, however, remain sketchy at the moment. The late Balogun was born on August 8, 1947 at Ila-Orangun in Osun State.
Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, has restated the commitment of the Commission to commit more funds to research and prototypes resulting from grants from the Commission to the academia. This was coming at the backdrop of the recent revelation that the Commission has committed more than N500 million in funding research across the Nigerian universities. Akande told a gathering of Vice Chancellors and Professors from universities in the southern parts of the country at a roundtable conference at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja,…
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah today visited Corps Member Isreal Akinbinu AK/21C/2508 who had an accident and is on admission at the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Enugu. General Fadah, who expressed his sympathy over the unfortunate incident assured the Corps Member of the Scheme’s full support until he recovered. He commended the Management of National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu for giving maximum medicare to the hospitalized Corps Member who was on referral from Akwa Ibom State where he was intially deployed…
As measures to ensure best practices in the health sector, Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has directed for the immediate establishment of the Niger State Private Health Regulation Agency. Governor Sani Bello gave the directive when he received the report of the committee on the increased death cases in private hospitals at the Government House, Minna. The Governor said that most private clinics were not up to standard to be in operation as such their activities needed to be regulated by the Agency. “I will saddle…
The General Medical Council which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the United Kingdom licensed at least 266 Nigerian doctors in June and July, 2022, PUNCH reports. The implication is that at least three Nigerian doctors were licensed per day in June and July 2022 despite the moves by the Federal Government to stop the exodus of doctors and health workers in the country amidst worsening brain drain of the professionals in the country. Our correspondent, who has continued to monitor the GMC register,…
Saratu Garba, an 11-year-old out-of-school girl has been offered a scholarship by the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project. Saratu’s arithmetic prowess recently went viral on social media platforms, with her ability to quickly provide mathematical solutions attracting the admiration of many. On Wednesday in Kano, Aliyu Yusuf, AGILE Project Communication Officer, said that the project’s National Office had directed its Kano office to identify the girl and enroll her in school. “Coincidentally, the Kano AGILE Project team is on an advocacy visit to…
Zamfara state Governor, Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) has today, been honoured with a Nigerien National award on Security by the Country’s President Mohammed Bazoum. The Governor was awarded along with five other Nigerians who included the Jigawa state Governor, Abubakar Badaru, the Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu, Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Chairman of BUA, Alhaji Abdussamd Rabiu, who were honoured on their various contributions to the Country. among others President Bazoum said Governor Matawalle was recognised by the Republic of Niger for his immense…
Sustainable Development Goals SDGs in Nigeria had made remarkable impact on the socio-economic and infrastructural development having transmuted from MDGs to SDGs inline with the UN resolution at the 70th session General Assembly. Many years down the line, sustainable development in all areas had been impacted greatly by the handlers in all areas, inspite the debilitating effects of both natural and artificial phenomenon, which ranges from the dreaded health emergency of COVID-19, global economic recession, ENDSARS and other distracting variables including job losses and high unemployment rates, resulting in…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has approved the sum of N15m naira as scholarship award to 12-year-old table tennis prodigy, Sezuo Ize Azziza. The beneficiary represented Kogi State at the 2021 Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Championship, held in Lagos. Confirming the report, Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Muhammed Onogwu noted that the approval which will be released into the beneficiary’s account to cater for her education from secondary School up until university was in fulfilment of the Governor’s promise to the fatherless tennis lad.…
The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has slammed All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accused him of wishing the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, and his supporters dead. POSN in a statement issued on Wednesday observed with dismay that Tinubu has refused to condemn the obituary column written by one of his aides, Mr. Sam Omatseye, and published on Monday by Tinubu’s newspaper, The Nation. Omatseye had in the article published in The Nation Newspaper wished the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr.…